Exodus 37:6: made the mercy seat - Study Note/bible/Exo/37/6... made the mercy seat. Exodus 37:1-5 shows that the divine instructions for building the Ark of the Covenant, as given in Exodus 25:10-14, were being carefully followed by Bezaleel. Similarly the instructions for the mercy seat and the cherubim,...

Exodus 25:17: make a mercy seat - Study Note/bible/Exo/25/17... make a mercy seat. The mercy seat was a “seat” only in the sense that it was, in effect, God’s throne when He would meet with His people. It served as a covering for the ark and also was where the sacrificial blood was...

Genesis 3:24: Cherubims - Study Note/bible/Gen/3/24... of the cherubim in the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle (Exodus25:17-22; Hebrews 9:3-5), it may be that God continued to meet at stipulated intervals with his people at the entrance to the garden (see notes on Genesis...

Numbers 31:15: saved all the women - Study Note/bible/Num/31/15... Moses’ own father-in-law as one of their priests (Exodus 3:1)–were a kindred nation to the children of...

Revelation 4:6: four beasts - Study Note/bible/Rev/4/6... were constructed as overshadowing the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus25:17-22). The number of seraphim is not given, but there are sufficient similarities to indicate that they are at least of the same order as the cherubim, if not identical with...